يَزِيدُ بْنُ هُرْمُزَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated that Sulaiman ibn Bilal narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, who narrated from his father, who narrated from Yazid ibn Hurmuz, that Najdah wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him about five issues. Ibn Abbas said, "If it weren't for me keeping knowledge confidential, I wouldn't have written to him." So Najdah wrote to him, "Afterwards, inform me, was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raiding with women? Was he striking them with arrows? Was he killing children? When does the orphan reach adulthood? And regarding the fifth, who does it belong to?" So Ibn Abbas wrote to him, "You wrote asking me, 'Was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raiding with women?' He used to raid with them to heal the wounded and distribute from the booty. Regarding the arrow, he never struck them with it. And indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never killed children. You asked, 'When does the orphan reach adulthood?' By my life, a man reaches adulthood when his beard grows, and he is weak in taking care of himself and weak in providing for others. So when he takes for himself what is better than what people take, then he is no longer an orphan. And you asked, 'Regarding the fifth, who does it belong to?' We say it belongs to us and our people refuse that."
ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ أَنَّ نَجْدَةَ كَتَبَ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓماُ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ خَمْسِ خِلَالٍ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَكْتُمَ عِلْمًا لَمَا كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ نَجْدَةُ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَأَخْبِرْنِي هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْزُو بِالنِّسَاءِ؟ وَهَلْ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ لَهُنَّ بِسَهْمٍ؟ وَهَلْ كَانَ يَقْتُلُ الصِّبْيَانَ؟ وَمَتَى يَنْقَطِعُ يُتِمُ الْيَتِيمِ؟ وَعَنِ الْخُمُسِ لِمَنْ هُوَ؟ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ كَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْزُو بِالنِّسَاءِ؟ وَقَدْ كَانَ يَغْزُو بِهِنَّ فَيُدَاوِينَ الْجَرْحَى وَيُحْذَيْنَ مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ وَأَمَّا سَهْمٌ فَلَمْ يَضْرِبْ لَهُنَّ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَقْتُلِ الصِّبْيَانَ وَكَتَبْتَ مَتَى يَنْقَضِي يُتْمُ الْيَتِيمِ؟ وَلَعَمْرِي إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَشِبُ لِحْيَتُهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَضَعِيفُ الْأَخْذِ لِنَفْسِهِ ضَعِيفُ الْإِعْطَاءِ مِنْهَا فَإِذَا أَخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْ أَصْلَحِ مَا يَأْخُذُ النَّاسُ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْيُتْمُ وَكَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنِ الْخُمُسِ لِمَنْ هُوَ؟ فَإِنَّا نَقُولُ هُوَ لَنَا وَأَبَى عَلَيْنَا قَوْمُنَا ذَلِكَ